We theoretically study a strongly disordered superconducting layer heated by near-field microwave radiation from nanometric metallic tip. The microwaves heat up the quasiparticles, which cool phonon emission and conduction away area. Due to bistability with two stable states of electron temperature under tip, heating can be tuned induce submicrometer-sized normal region bounded sharp domain wal...

The general failure of neuroprotectants in clinical trials of ischemic stroke points to the possibility of a fundamental blind spot in the current conception of ischemic brain injury, the "ischemic cascade". This is the second in a series of four papers whose purpose is to work towards a revision of the concept of brain ischemia by applying network concepts to develop a bistable model of brain ...

| Polarization state selection, polarization state dynamics, and polarization switching of a quantum-well Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser for the lowest order transverse spatial mode of the laser is explored using a recently developed model that incorporates material birefrin-gence, the saturable dispersion characteristic of semiconductor physics,and the sensitivity of the transitions in...